B.C. NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, Official Opposition environment critic, says “Citizens were unaware of the dangers posed by the oil spill in English Bay. What may seem like a small spill to an offshore mariner is very, very …

April 9, 2015, 2:05 p.m. Environment & Sustainability Oil found on the beach at Vancouver’s popular English Bay. The City of Vancouver has warned people not to touch the oil, which is toxic | Jen St. Denis Vancouver’s beaches are …

By Tyson Kelsall rabble news | April 7, 2015 Kinder Morgan subsidiary Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMP) owns 50.9 per cent of the corporation that would respond to a marine oil spill in British Columbia, according to TMP’s response to an …

By Matt Kieltyka Metro The Residential Tenancy Branch has ruled overwhelmingly in favour of tenants in a West End apartment building who claimed their landlord was making their lives a nightmare. In a decision made Jan. 9, an arbitrator ruled …

Jennifer Gauthier/Metro Nicholson Towers, on 1115 Nelson Street, is one of two Vancouver social housing building being sold by BC Housing. By Matt KieltykaMetro An opposition MLA is preparing a final push to prevent the government from making “a big mistake” …

By Matt Kieltyka Metro Jennifer Gauthier/Metro Absalon Figueroa (right) and husband Eric Stephenson outside their residence at 1168 Pendrell St. The Residential Tenancy Branch has ruled overwhelmingly in favour of tenants in a West End apartment building who claimed their …

Renters claim numerous violations of tenancy act since new owners took over in August By Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun December 15, 2014 In September, Vancouver-West End MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert, centre, stood in protest with tenants who had received eviction …

Vancouver MLA tables gender identity rights bill for the third time By Emily Jackson Metro Matt Kieltyka/Metro File The first two times Vancouver-West End NDP MLA Spencer Chandra Herbert introduced a bill to protect gender identity and expression in …

by Spencer Chandra… on Nov 21, 2014 at 12:12 pm Trans, Two-Spirit, and Genderqueer Liberation and Celebration March on August 1, 2014. Stephen Hui Another Transgender Day of Remembrance has come and gone. On November 20, people in communities …